How to Make Teaching Kids Fun

Children of today are the leaders of tomorrow. You cannot expect them to be great statesmen if educators will not give them a good platform for learning. Kids love playing and they want everything to be amusing and exciting. The only way that we can truly reach out to children is by making the whole learning experience fun.

Do not take teaching too seriously

Good teaching starts with the educator himself. All teachers want their students to learn. But the strategies that you can do to make every lesson a great learning experience for the students vary depending on the audience.

For kids, you should not treat your whole teaching seriously. Infuse fun in it. Do not be afraid to laugh. If the children do not see you enjoying what you teach, they will also not absorb what you are saying to them.

Devise various learning games

Another way to make learning fun for the kids is through games. You can check out a lot of tech blogs about apps that you can use for the education of the children in the classroom. Physical games are also great to stimulate the mind and body of the students. Since all children love playing, they will not notice that they are actually being taught with a lesson as they understand and check out the game.

Do not use the same material over and over again

If the children the same old material in every lesson, they will eventually get bored and not listen to you anymore. Your teaching should be entertaining to students. If they look at the same book or the same pictures, they already know what is going to happen next. The kids will seek other ways to entertain themselves and you will be left with a room full of non-listening children.

Help them build something

One way to teach a lesson is through construction. Children love taking things apart and reassembling them. It like when you build a website. You have to make sure that everyone understands every piece and how to connect one from the other. It also teaches both you and the students the art of patience. You can also develop critical thinking among the kids.

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I handle toddlers and older kids in my school. What I learned from teaching these kids is that you have to take a different approach on a 5-year old kid as opposed to a 6-year old child. As the kid grows old, you also have to adapt and think of ways to help them learn the lessons.

I bought a lot of toys that involve assembling and construction. These toys make the children think. I like these toys so much because they are not even aware that they are being taught different lessons just by putting the pieces together. And the get a good reward at the end because they see the finished product.

If you are not sure what strategy to use on your students, you can first practice it on your nephews and nieces. Use different techniques and try to see which one works and which does not. Take note of the ones that you can use based on the age group.

About the Author | Hümeyra A de Kok

Hümeyra A de Kok finished her International Teacher Education for Secondary Schools in NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences. She loves teaching children to bring them up into better and more dependable adults. She has a tech blog that focuses on education systems and apps for kids. She drives website visitors to our site through her freelance content writing.

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